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Dictionary definition: sight
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- The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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sight
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sīt
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n.
1.
the faculty or power of seeing:
Joseph lost his sight as a baby
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[as
adj.
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a sight test.
∎
the action or fact of seeing someone or something:
I've always been scared of the sight of blood.
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the area or distance within which someone can see or something can be seen:
he now refused to let Rose out of his sight.
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dated
a person's view or consideration:
we are all equal
in the sight of God
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2.
a thing that one sees or that can be seen:
John was a familiar sight in the bar for many years
he was getting used to seeing unpleasant sights.
∎
(
sights
)
places of ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
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Article: Sight crankin': you can do this at home.
Guns Magazine;
July 1, 2006 ;
700+ words
... ... special tools. The front sight height controls the elevation. The taller the front sight, the lower the gun shoots ... excellent example often have sights too tall to regulate with ... and then filing down the sight to bring up the group to ...
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